Psalm 39:4-5, “O YHWH, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths…” I can’t think of a time when it is not wise to consider the brevity of life. When we are surrounded […]
Psalm 42:11, “Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God.” One of the implications of Christ’s death and resurrection is invincible hope for anyone who would receive Him as their life. The one trusting in Christ simply cannot be hopeless…they cannot enter a place of utter destitution of
Psalm 6:7, “My eye wastes away because of grief…” Isaiah 43:2, “when you pass through the waters, I will be with you…” A few things to notice in these two passages. First, in Psalm 6, see that the Lord’s provision for David has not kept this “man after God’s own heart” from sleepless, grief-filled
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Psalm 13:1,5, “How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?…But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.” The “but” in verse 5 is an adversative that begins David’s ascent out of the shadows and into the light of hope. Up until this point he has
Psalm 124:1,4, “If it had not been YHWH who was on our side…then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us…” I debated whether or not to use this text as an illustration this morning. In the context, David is clearly talking about YHWH’s preservation of His people
Psalm 8:3-4, “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” God has made the universe essentially infinite in order to mercifully
Psalm 118:27, “YHWH is God, and He has made his light shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar!” I was reading through Psalm 118 this morning and at about verse 10, I began to think how powerful these words must have been for Jesus as
Psalm 103:11-12, “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us.” I recently found out that caterpillers and butterflies have to eat different food…
Psalm 139:8, “If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!” I find myself going to Psalm 139 often during times of uncertainty or fear or anxiety or suffering….from beginning to end, this Psalm testifies to the intimate, intentional, fatherly presence of the LORD–in all circumstances. He knows our ways (1-4), He surrounds
Psalm 25:10, “All the paths of YHWH are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.” I came across this well-loved verse this morning and the above image almost immediately came to mind. What does it mean for us to “keep [YHWH’s] covenant and His testimonies”? Well, ultimately it
